I miss my father. I miss my grandfather. I miss my home. And I miss my mother. But the thing is, for almost three years, I managed not to miss any of them. And then I spent that one day with that one girl. One day ... It was like she gave me her whole self, and somehow as a result, I gave her more of myself than I even realized there was to give. But then she was gone. And only after I'd been filled up by her, by that day, did I understand how empty I really was.
Gayle FormanI'm also starting to wonder something else. If maybe the point of this crazy quest I'm on wasn't to help me find Willem. Maybe it was to help me find someone else entirely.
Gayle FormanSo are you moving on now? Is that what brought you to the grand metropolis of Valladolid?โ โNo. The wind just blew me here.โ โWhat? Like a plastic bag?โ โI prefer to think of myself as a ship. Like a sailboat.
Gayle FormanFirst you inspect me Then you dissect me Then you reject me I wait for the day That you'll resurrect me "Animate
Gayle FormanOr maybe it's not a miracle. Maybe this is just life. When you open yourself up to it. When you put yourself in the path of it. When you say yes.
Gayle Forman